When William P. Steven had a falling out in 1960 with Publisher John Cowles Jr. and was bounced as executive editor of the Minneapolis Star and Tribune, he made a list of U.S. dailies and went searching for a job. He landed one as editor of the Houston Chronicle. He thought his peppy, "print-first-and-plan-afterward" philosophy was just the cure for a paper that ran a poor second in circulation to the Houston Post. Steven souped up local coverage, added a few sparkling features and massively reported the doings at the Houston space-flight center. The Chronicle overtook the Houston Post in 1963...
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